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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Saturday, August 4, 1984

27-Down : Part of Hawaii's motto

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { H J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,688
Across
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Father: Comb. form : PATRI
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Adjusts a projector : FOCUSES
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Spreads : OLEOS
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Linked, in a way : ARMINARM
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Choir parts : ALTOS
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"Rosemary's Baby" star : MIAFARROW
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To study: Fr. : ETUDIER
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Sticky stuff : GOOP
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Chinese pagoda : TAA
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Win : EARN
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Code of silence in Sicily : OMERTA
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Distributor of a kind : ARTERY
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Copenhagenites : DANES
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Fried-chicken part : BREAST
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Undo : OPEN
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Metric meas. of length : DKM
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"An' they talks a ___ lovin' ... ": Kipling : LOTO
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"We're ___ See the ... " : OFFTO
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A people of Mexico : CORA
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She sheep : EWE
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Concert halls : ODEA
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Sweetmeat : NOUGAT
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Boa : SCARF
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Win a contest for trenchermen : OUTEAT
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Game : GRITTY
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Declaim : RANT
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Maugham's "Cakes and ___" : ALE
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Nigerian town : AUNA
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Shoots toward : FIRESAT
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Buttonwood or sycamore : PLANETREE
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Forster's "A Passage to ___" : INDIA
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In a contiguous line : ENDTOEND
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Vacuum tube : DIODE
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Liberated : RESCUED
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"The Apostles" composer : ELGAR
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Blue grass : POA
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Any whatever : ALL
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Private conversation : TETEATETE
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Origin : ROOT
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Publishers : ISSUERS
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Acquaintance, perhaps : FRIENDOFAFRIEND
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Whom FitzGerald translated : OMAR
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Export-contract abbr. : CIF
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Merkel of movies : UNA
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NCO's : SARGES
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Diamond muff : ERROR
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Mormon leader: 1862-1941 : SMOOT
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Moslem prince : AMIR
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New Deal org. : WPA
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Quotidian : DAYTODAY
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Postpone : TABLE
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Dart's big brother : ARROW
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Playground game : ONEONONE
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Pawns or knights : MEN
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Part of Hawaii's motto : EAO
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Fitting : APT
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Cutthroat : DOGEATDOG
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African village : KRAAL
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Dull finish : MATTE
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___-de-lance : FER
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Skip a class : CUT
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Autumn mo. : OCT
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Mere; slight : OUTSIDE
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Stadium section : STANDS
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Lacuna : GAP
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Straightedge : RULER
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Foolish : INANE
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"Pluck ___ rose ... ": Shak. : ARED
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Exempt : FREE
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Indigo : ANIL
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Kin of et al. : ETC
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Chinese measure : TOU
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Song heroine : IDA
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Gas: Comb. form : AER

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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